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New York Subway Map
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on Tuesday September 05, @11:00AM
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The Cartography blog discuss a new New York Subway map. He also links to a New York Times article [free login required] on the subject. From the blog: "The New York Times has an article on Tauranac and his map which evolved out of the negative response that New Yorkers had to a 1972 schematic map in the traditon of Beck’s map: “Almost as soon as Mr. Vignelli’s (schematic) map arrived at stations, people started complaining about its failure to describe the city’s geography. [...]"
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